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po.litepE5laItadjbehaving in a way that is socially correct and shows awareness of and caring for other people's feelings有礼貌的He's a very kind and polite man.他是一个和蔼而有礼貌的人。She sent me a polite letter thanking me for my invitation.她给我写了一封彬彬有礼的信,感谢我的邀请。She was too polite to point out my mistake.她太客气,没有指出我的错误。Polite can also mean socially correct rather than friendly.斯文的,文雅的We kept a polite conversation going for half an hour.我们温文尔雅的谈话进行了半个小时。(dated) Polite society or company is the class of people who consider themselves to be better than ordinary people.上流社会,上流阶层Sex never used to be discussed in polite society.过去在上流社会从不谈论性问题。
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